CNBC: The Endless Loop Inside the Mind of a Toyota Driver

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Feb 12, 2010.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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  2. Tom Banjo

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    I think the "Onion" is now the only reliable, honest news website left.
     
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    Article summary: Author chatted with her school teacher friends on the snow days. Yawn.
     
    #3 Politburo, Feb 12, 2010
  4. TonyPSchaefer

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    All this time I was told that was a "safe following distance". Goes to show what my Drivers Ed teachers knew. They were idiots according to this author.
     
    #4 TonyPSchaefer, Feb 12, 2010
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    Those people in that article have way too much time on their hands. Shut up and drive.
     
    #5 okiebutnotfrommuskogee, Feb 12, 2010
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    I try to leave a 3-second gap ahead of me in the interstate. So, yeah, that might look like a landing strip.
     
    #6 mgb4tim, Feb 12, 2010
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